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Difference in how Word saves files?
Using my old version of Word, I would generate Word docs (.doc) with about 12
scans on a page, saving it used about 60-70 MB of hard drive space each. Using the same file but re-saving it under the new Word 2007 format (.docx), the same page uses only 2 MB. Considering each one of the .jpgs is at least 4-6 MB each, does the new Word 2007 use some super compression technique? I don't want save the new documents under the old system because of hard drive space, but I don't want to risk the new documents as .docx not having all the information.. |
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Difference in how Word saves files?
Without being able to see the before and after documents, it is difficult to
know exactly why, but some of the reasons a Word 2007 uses a completely different file format that zips several components into a single zip file using .docx or .docm rather that .zip. (You can see this by renaming a .docx file with a .zip extension and opening in a ZIP utility). You may have bloated your Word 2003 documents by having Fast Saves enabled. The images in Word 2007 may be compressed and only saved at screen resolution (96dpi) rather than print resolution (300dpi). There's a host of other possibilities as ell. But if you take on of your 2MB docx files and use SaveAs and save it in Word97-2003 compatibility format, what size does it become? -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "darcyrmt" wrote in message ... Using my old version of Word, I would generate Word docs (.doc) with about 12 scans on a page, saving it used about 60-70 MB of hard drive space each. Using the same file but re-saving it under the new Word 2007 format (.docx), the same page uses only 2 MB. Considering each one of the .jpgs is at least 4-6 MB each, does the new Word 2007 use some super compression technique? I don't want save the new documents under the old system because of hard drive space, but I don't want to risk the new documents as .docx not having all the information.. |
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Difference in how Word saves files?
Hi Terry, thanks for your help. I couldn't tell you if I have Fast Saves
enabled.. when I took a .docx file newly created and saved it as .doc, it did not take on a large size (65MB), it stayed at the small 2MB size. If the pictures are saved at 96dpi, this will affect the picture quality when it's time to print, correct? I need them to be high resolution, is there a way to bypass this compression? i understand memory size increases, but I'll take that for the high quality graphics. Sorry for the newbie question, but where would I check to find out these configurations? (should have mentioned, running Vista) |
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Difference in how Word saves files?
I believe Fast Saves has been eliminated from Word 2007.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "darcyrmt" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, thanks for your help. I couldn't tell you if I have Fast Saves enabled.. when I took a .docx file newly created and saved it as .doc, it did not take on a large size (65MB), it stayed at the small 2MB size. If the pictures are saved at 96dpi, this will affect the picture quality when it's time to print, correct? I need them to be high resolution, is there a way to bypass this compression? i understand memory size increases, but I'll take that for the high quality graphics. Sorry for the newbie question, but where would I check to find out these configurations? (should have mentioned, running Vista) |
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Difference in how Word saves files?
To change the 'default' graphics compression, select a picture (the Picture
Tools, Format ribbon will open) and click on Compress Pictures. By default, it is usually set to 'Screen: 150 ppi' - change this to Print: 220 ppi. As Suzanne says, FastSaves (always more problem than help) has finally been killed off in W2k7. Terry "darcyrmt" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, thanks for your help. I couldn't tell you if I have Fast Saves enabled.. when I took a .docx file newly created and saved it as .doc, it did not take on a large size (65MB), it stayed at the small 2MB size. If the pictures are saved at 96dpi, this will affect the picture quality when it's time to print, correct? I need them to be high resolution, is there a way to bypass this compression? i understand memory size increases, but I'll take that for the high quality graphics. Sorry for the newbie question, but where would I check to find out these configurations? (should have mentioned, running Vista) |
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